There was much anticipation prior to the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards last Sunday evening as many wondered how Hollywood celebrities would handle the recent, industry-damning accusations of sexual harassment that have dominated the news. But that anticipation didn't translate into a ratings boost.

Fox News reports that Nielsen ratings were down from last year for the awards show which host Seth Myers had promised would be heavily-politicized:

NBC reportedly drew a 5.0 rating among the coveted adults ages 18-49 category and 19 million viewers overall. This marks an 11 percent drop from 2017 and a five percent drop in overall viewers (5.6, 20 million).

From predictable jabs at President Trump to uncomfortably-received jokes about slimeballs Harvey Weinstein and actor Kevin Spacey, Myers did indeed make the show all about politics, as did many of the actors and actresses who dressed in black to express their solidarity with the victims of Hollywood's culture of sexual predation -- a culture everyone in Hollywood knew about and kept silent about until recently. Some, like the insufferably smug Meryl Streep, still pretend not to have known about it.

The event was "riddled with activism," according to Fox News, particularly from hypocrite Oprah Winfrey, whose pro-women speech sparked talk of a possible presidential run against Trump in 2020 -- because the Left is perfectly happy to run a billionaire TV mogul with no political experience against a man whom they complain is nothing more than a billionaire TV mogul with no political experience.

There are likely a number of reasons for the Golden Globes ratings drop, but all that politicizing and moralizing no doubt contributed significantly. You'd think Hollywood elitists would learn their lesson and stop turning awards shows into lectures about their political and moral superiority -- but they're too busy virtue-signaling to take note.